Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ye can sing like Judy Garland Ye can whistle like Lauren Bacall Yir lovelier than Liz-beth Taylor But still yir worth — ( Interrupted by the sleazy pinstriped figure of Mr King ) |
| 2 | ‘ When I went to the Slade my sole intention was to become art master at some comfortable school . |
| 3 | Whatever the reason may be , I grew up with that mystical attraction which has ended by my making Germany my permanent home . |
| 4 | little bits , little bits and I 'll buy you your tobacco Neil nothing much but little bits of something now if he were working and could give me the full sixty that is thirty for his room and thirty for his food so that I did n't have to worry about th actually paying for him but he was paying me Paul is going to pay me fifty that 's thirty pounds in , I made a rule to Paul that he is going to eat thirty pounds worth of food and there are only twenty pounds in my profit and then the other rule , a man called Alan this window cleaner he wants the room that I 'm in at the moment |
| 5 | Rolls my staring skull slowly away into outer space . |
| 6 | At Canniesburn my next desperate prayer was to be home for Davie and Alan 's summer holidays from school — and I was home . |
| 7 | I give Andy my best impression of a Go ! |
| 8 | 'E jus ' walked up ter me calm as yer like an' ses , ‘ Tell Mr Maitland 'is ole friends 'ave paid 'im a visit . ’ |
| 9 | It was the wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon which first drove the colonials to independent action ; war exposed the impotence of Spain as an imperial power and revealed her incapacity to supply her colonies with merchandise . |
| 10 | It took much restoration , in the remarkably enlightened years in the middle of the last century when conservation took hold in France , to give the cathedral of Lescar its present air of authenticity . |
| 11 | Short was co-driver for the British hope David Llewellin , but on Tuesday their British-prepared Toyota Celica crashed out of the five-day , 2,000-mile event . |
| 12 | Every Tuesday her fat little fingers flew like birds up and down the keys of the piano . |
| 13 | Jorge Sobisch of the centre-right Popular Neuquén Movement ( MNP ) defeated the PJ candidate to give the MNP its third consecutive victory in the southern province of Neuquén . |
| 14 | Meanwhile the Australians , who hope to deny Pakistan their fifth successive world title , have their worries . |
| 15 | And the couple can look forward to more proud moments in the future , Antony their youngest son says when he grows up he wants to be soldier and be just as brave as his dad . |
| 16 | Watford2 Blackburn1 TWO goals by Darren Bazeley gave Watford their sixth win in seven games and further dented Blackburn 's hopes of an automatic promotion spot to the First Division . |
| 17 | Now Digital had effectively made Ayr its main European manufacturing unit . |
| 18 | By 1985 Greenpeace was better organised and French intelligence had learned that it was planning to send out to Moruroa its larger 42-ton Rainbow Warrior , together with the Vega , and then to launch a number of small boats in which its members would try to elude the French Navy and penetrate the test area . |
| 19 | dir : The huge project in the United States which randomised people to different health insurance schemes to look at the consequences , including the impact on their health . |
| 20 | The name ‘ Alexis Master ’ , first coined in German by the art historian A. Goldschmidt , derives from the illustrations of the life of St Alexis which this artist contributed to the great St Albans Psalter . |
| 21 | On Friday her remarkable courage will be recognised on Esther Rantzen 's Hearts Of Gold ( BBC1 , 8pm ) . |
| 22 | Emily did not show Ellen her new ring ; the glove covered it . |
| 23 | The Committee unanimously decided to send Ken their best wishes for his speedy recovery and hope that he will soon be able to resume his duties . |
| 24 | Oldman 's own Mozart collection included the unique letters written by Constanze Mozart to the publisher J. A. André which first appeared in his English translation within volume three of Emily Anderson 's The Letters of Mozart and his Family ( 1938 ) . |
| 25 | But is Duart himself absent ? |
| 26 | I think it marks the beginning of the United States their first real world power . |
| 27 | It was Balvinder Singh who one day in late January suddenly announced , quite unprompted , that he would not be on duty on Sunday as he and his father Punjab Singh were going to watch what he called a ‘ bird challenge ’ . |
| 28 | And it was Wise who next went close with a free kick from near the corner spot which caught the wind and eluded Southall before bouncing to safety . |
| 29 | Perhaps it was Veronica who spring-cleaned the flat ? |
| 30 | ‘ I did not play great golf , but I putted well , ’ said Lawrie who three times sank chances from four yards elsewhere . |